Vick signs with Jets; Sanchez given release

The New York Jets signed quarterback
Michael Vick and released
Mark Sanchez yesterday.

Vick was a free agent after spending the past five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He will
be reunited with Jets offensive coordinator
Marty Mornhinweg, who helped the quarterback have the best season of his career in
Philadelphia in 2010. Vick was plagued by injuries the past three years and lost the starting job
last year to
Nick Foles.

Sanchez spent last season on injured reserve after suffering an injured right shoulder in an
exhibition game.

• Wide receiver
Lance Moore, a Westerville South graduate, signed a two-year deal with the
Pittsburgh Steelers.

Moore, 30, was released by the New Orleans Saints last month. He ranks in the top five in Saints
history with 346 catches and 38 touchdown receptions.

• The Oakland Raiders have acquired quarterback
Matt Schaub from the Houston Texans for a sixth-round draft pick.

Schaub, 32, was Houston’s starter from 2007 until last season, when he was benched in favor of
Case Keenum.

• The Bengals signed offensive tackle
Marshall Newhouse from Green Bay, reuniting him with college teammate
Andy Dalton.

Soccer

Sounders’ Dempsey gets two-game suspension

Seattle Sounders midfielder and U.S. national-team captain
Clint Dempsey has been suspended for two games by Major League Soccer for violent
conduct toward Toronto FC defender
Mark Bloom in a match last week.

The MLS players union appealed, but the suspension was upheld.

Chicago defender
Lovel Palmer also was suspended two games for violent conduct toward Portland’s
Maximiliano Urruti.

Dempsey’s action came in the 40th minute of Toronto’s 2-1 victory. Dempsey hit Bloom in the
stomach/groin area, a blow that was not seen by officials but was captured by television
cameras.

• A game scheduled for today between the Sounders and Impact has been postponed until Sunday
because of expected snow in Montreal.

Due to the instability of the Olympic Stadium domed roof, events cannot be held there if more
than an inch of snow is forecast. An accumulation of close to 6 inches has been predicted.

Horse racing

Trainer’s hall of fame nomination put on hold

Trainer
Steve Asmussen’s nomination to the Racing Hall of Fame has been put on hold while
he and his top assistant are being investigated by regulators in New York and Kentucky after an
animal-rights group alleged they mistreated horses.

The hall says it has “decided it is in the best interests of the institution and the sport of
thoroughbred racing to table” Asmussen’s nomination.

Asmussen ranks second among trainers in career racing victories with more than 6,700.

Elsewhere

Penn State suspends men’s rugby team

Penn State has suspended its men’s rugby team amid claims that two players torched the team’s
storage shed and an investigation that revealed what police call players’ discontent with its
coach. The university said the team had been placed on suspension from practice, and this weekend’s
games against Navy and Susquehanna have been canceled.

•
Roger Federer lost just three points on his serve and beat
Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Sony Open in Key Biscayne, Fla.

• Olympian
Tim Jitloff won the giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Squaw Valley,
Calif., by more than 11/2 seconds. Sochi Games gold medalist
Ted Ligety failed to finish.